North Korea conducts strategic cruise missile test with dispersal warhead, KCNA says
State media said the cruise missile test also checked terminal maneuverability, while a separate warhead was said to devastate 5 to 6 hectares.
- On Monday, North Korea tested a strategic cruise missile equipped with a "middle-sized dispersal warhead," state media reported Tuesday, while also assessing the weapon's "vertical strike" capability.
- A North Korean official stated the test was conducted "because our armed forces should defend the security of the country and deter all sorts of threats," according to state media.
- Saturday's SRBM test involved a "Standard Type 2" warhead capable of destroying 12 to 13 hectares, while the latest cruise missile warhead can destroy 5 to 6 hectares with its highest-density power.
- The Missile Administration confirmed the test perfected the cruise missile's terminal maneuverability to deliver "vertical strike" capability against targets based on geographical characteristics.
- Unlike ballistic missile launches, North Korean cruise missile tests are not prohibited by UN Security Council sanctions, allowing continued development of these weapon systems.
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North Korea has tested a cluster warhead for a strategic cruise missile, state news agency KCNA reported. The test was conducted on Monday, November 2, under the supervision of General Kim Jong-sik, a member of the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. According to the North's missile administration, the warhead can hit an area of 5 to 6 hectares with the "highest power density." Pyongyang also claims to have tested …
The Democratic People ' s Republic of Korea ' s Directorate-General of Missile Construction conducted a test to assess the capability of the scattered combat part of the strategic cruise missile, as well as to test its flight features for a vertical impact.
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